marrow Evening-—
Contest—“Next to
Down to Win
onaun Big Five to the Westport Y.
N. C. A. tomOrrow night. where they
ill play the Compo Life Guards in
h esecond game of their proposed
cries. The Guards took the first
battle in Niw Canaan several weeks
to. The .‘ 3“ Colin lads have never
ecovered from that terrible wallop-
a that was handed to them by the
'Westportcrs. Th escoxe was 32 21.
file" Kelly failed to score it field
(goal. This was one of the tow oc-
"dssions that the star forward of the
.g Five has not dlopped in at least
he basket from the floor dllring a
{game
' The No' v Cnnusn team was taken
by surprise in the first game when
the Lite Guards outgenereled them.
The life savers sent their guards up
“the forward positions. This plan
of attack upset New lianuan and
opt tin-m oewlldeled all through
he contest. Harry Quinn hold "Red"
Kelly in check Tile fans were disap-
pointed to see a. tame affair up in
i iF YOUR F
— NACE Wt LL]
NO‘t'
new .i
WEWI
filias your furnace Joined the
‘N. D. C.? if so send in a hurry
cull for us and, we'll abriirale
he matter. We have done more
no persuade hot air heaters to
get back on the Job than any
. other concern.
N. D C means Nothing Doing
The Nash, Raymond
& Dean Co.
”Game Will Be Played on Y. M.iC. 'A. Court To-
"Shem" Kelly will steer his New New Consul. It will
”:3 .
Expect Hard Fought
Heaven” Boys Coming
be different
tomorrow night in Westport. The
New Cannons have been thoroughly
aroused and will come doWn to de-
test the Guards by a large score. it
ill believed that New (lanolin will
“ploy checkers" and make s. move
to stop the Life Guard scoring corn-
blustion.
Paddy Driscoll is rapidly return-
ing to form. He has played splen-
did ball during his lost two per-
formances on the floor. He prob-
ably will be matched against
Jackie Hogan tomorrow evenlnz.
Harry Quinn is sure to play “lied"
Kelly with Eddie McMahon Jumping
center against “Shem" Kelly. Three
interesting games within a some will
result when the players take the
floor as listed above.
The New (lemon team is bring-
ing down a bus load of renters to
cheer them on to victory. The main
game is scheduled to start at 9
o'clock with o. preliminary tilt
scheduled for an hour earlier. Joe
Waters will referee the Life Guard.
New Csnsan game.
The lineups:
New Carlson Oompo Life Guards
Rod Kelly ..... . . . . . L. McMahon
RF.
J. Hogan . ...... . ....... )5. Quinn
Ll".
Shem Kelly . .. ....... E. McMahon
C
R. Hogan . Drtscoll
RG
Moruko all. Quinn
LG
Wood . . . . . . . . . . .. Darby. Scoileld
Utility
Carlson. Malkin
Stevens
' Utility
Referee—Joe Waters.
ll-JNI'I‘H
“mill” -.
WARE
QT‘VATER KENT
SUPER HETRODY‘NE IL 0. A.
RADIO
Convenient Terms
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ALUMINUM WARE
A surprisingly sttrnctive collection of the
better grades of aluminum utensils such as
ilonel low prices.
or Mirror aluminum, oi. excep.
J ‘33 Washington Street
South Norwalk, Conn.
JACOBY’S‘
12-14 North Main Street
THE HOME or GOOD CLOTHES
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
South Norwaik
Charge Accounts. Opened
: Featuring Famous “Kappenheimer
Clothes For Men ”I
'0. S-
Former Member of Red
Play With Westport
Otltfit
Russell Smith has joined the sen-
ior 1'. M. C. A. basketball team in
Westport. Smith formerly starred
with the Red Man Juniors and Red
Man Separates of Norwsik. He
played a forward position and was a
great favorite with the fans. Last
year Smith played with the Compo
'Life Guulds. He gave s. good so-
coullt of himself. although he was
small and weighed many pounds less
than other players. Smith will play
with the Y. M. C. A. five tonight in
Bridgeport.
N. N 5 rolls,
FNNFF
lN ONE
This week is one of the busiest
that Norwalk High ever had on the
basketball court. On Tuesday they
defeated the Bridgeport Trade
school. Tomorrow night they. Will
~ meet the Armory Five and on Satur-
day the Rye ploy in Bridgeport
against the New Warren Harding
lilgh School aggregation. Thou next
’nidgolleld will pay the local boys I
visit oi the armory. From then on
there will not be more than two
games a Week for the High school
players.
lliF N can
Donald R. Tsylor. (manager of
the Compo Life Guards. announces
that the DeCost sisters will give
an exhibition dance in the Y .M.
C. A. at Westport tomorrow eve.
.ning following the basketball games.
The sisters are about 12 yours old.
They will exhibit. some classics!
dancing and end up with the latest
Charleston step. The girls probably
will take the floor during the inter-
mission betweon the first and lec-
ond games and during the halves of
.the main contact. To those fans who
have not seen the DeCost sisters
perform this opportunity will be of-
forded them.
lOCAl. FANS lN
NEW C}, "
liliS
A large number of basketball
fans in this vicinity will accompany
the Norwalk Red Men to Now Co-
nson tonight. where The fourth
gems of the series will be contest-
ed. The count now stands two to
one in favor of the local‘ boys.
“Shem" Kelly of New Canaan is out
to dedeem himself tonight‘The lost
time he played against the In»
dians. Big GeorgeSmith scored 20
points. On previous meetings the
two centers were on ma terms.
(The Red Men were defected eerlier
in the season in New Canton. aft-ID.w
Schultze s Friday Sp:
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WCMEN'S senor To wash:
WINSTON men
Men Separates Will
Tuesday Hamilton High school of‘
37 d0! mucus.
Ritchie Mitchell. Lieu). hungry.
looking youngster with s nose like
I grappling iron end long arms
that waved lilto willows in 0. wind.
gsve one of the most remarkable
exhibitions of ring recoverynbe box.
log world but cvo’r seen “hon. af.
ter being floored three times in less
than s minute. he rose to send
Champion Benny Leonard crushing
to the cspvss with s left hook that
came within 9. single second ”g
crowning s new lightweight chum.
plon.»
Four clean knookdowns no spam.
med full of drums! as a Shakes-
pesresn plsy combined to make
thet' first round st old Madison
Square Garden New York. on the
flight of Jahuury 14. 1921. all sped
teouisr s three minutes as you
could find since John 1.. pulled
leather over his gnarled knocklee.
The sleek- h‘sirod Hebrew ctmm.
plop entered the ring with the odds
on him to defeat the Milwaukee
challenger. Mitchell was conceded
to be ll. fird puncher sud game
but it was held his punches would
be wasted through Benny‘s clever-
ness and his gllmeness utilized: in
recovering from Leonard's constant
nttack.
The bottle had gone less than a,
minute when Leonel-d hooked a
powerful left to Ritchie's law and
the challenger clstiered to the floor
to tske the count of eight. Ho arose
groggy Leonard was at him like a
tiger with g shower 'of rights and
lofts Bsml Mitchell hit the canvas
the second time sod reclined there.
glossy-eyed. until the referee had
reached nine. His right eye um
bsdly cut and he had difficult;-
keeping it open.
He climbed back on his feet with
s. dszed. vacant look on his face.
Leonard flew at him sgsin. \Vhem!
That was Ritchie emhrnclnn lilt‘
sheeting for the third time. Twelve
thousand fans were in an uproar.
Referee Johnny Hauhop's right arm
now beginning to wo'ver from weari-
ness. began its checking off of the
seconds. Elever—eight-tllne. And
Mitchell. punched silly but game to
his shoetops. rose and staggered
back toward the champion .
With his arms henglng at his
sides from exhouston, Leonard inilk-
ed at Mitchell in astonishment.
What manner of fighter could this
uncouth westerner be who soaked
up punches like a. sponge inhale:
Water?
13ch began to fight cautiously.
Mitchell leaned s light left on two-
nord's jaw, the first blow he Mid
struck since the round begun. ills
hopes rose. He leaped forward
we‘long left blind swung out in
‘lllsh. And Leonnld. for
s swiibing ere. Before even the
lightning champion could throw up
his guard that left'hsdtesughi him
the gnmeness that marked him as u.
great champion. Rising to one knee
Leonard’s Win Over Mitchell
mgsowu‘iarm lE
""5 Tue CHM-mell-
squarely on the point of the jaw
cracking like the sngry snap of a
the first
time since he had graduated from,
the old Fairmout A. C. in the Bronx.
Went bouncing to the comes, while1
the crowd sat silent and stunned.
Mitchell. hsrdly knowing what he
had done. danced nervously around
the ring while the referee began
the strange spectacle of counting
over the great Leonard. The crowd
found its voice srld strained the
rafters with the roar of the puck
thut'scents a “kill."
Then Leonard himself exhibited
no motioned to his manager and
Banks on new.
-Connie Mack is banking on Jac.‘
Just before" the 1925 season opened.«
to play as well as ever st first next .
S'Gfll‘. i
Second Welter Johnson '
"Eddis Collins. White Box mum-,3
believes Pitcher 're's Blankenship has i
the ability and physique to emtlistel
the deeds of Walter Johnson.
1
A 0011080 Gridusto.
Jackson Trevis'if the Giants-ls a
graduate of Ouschits Baptist Col-
lege. Arkhdelphla. Ark.
‘Defested Only Once.
Dehsrt Bubbsrd, former Michigan
still- athlete. was defe'sted Just once
in the, running brood Jump during
this three yonrsof collegiate compo.
ititlon. '
Houser. who broke his knee cop:
fsuii
:the ball through the uprights from
Two of Best.
Two of the greatest field goal kick- '
(are of all time were Welter. Boiler-
and Charley Brickley. Both.
were exceptionsily clever at hoisting
various distances and angles.
slowness . Costly.
Harry Helimann. champion bats.
men of the American lame. says
he loses at least 15 hits every season
because he is s right-honder snd
slow of’fooi.
One Ming
Ty Cobb. Detroit manager, pitched
one inning last lesson. 'thst being
in the final game of the campaign.
against St. Louie.
.H .
was Dorm Whole.
Sslmsltdletstlersof
QUALITY GROCERIES
A F
SOUTH NORWALK
u.
E ”idiom results.
-,~A‘dvertise in the mood for
r. ‘s.';l.Y0N‘
JOB rename
:Sontbfltowslll -_
r
Nun
BK
glfBEN ENWVERSl
o 5””2129 A NlChL
.. ‘1_t -( fafi‘ov” ND
seconds that he “as c... ”511'. then
ctlimi) lostcd until the count reach
cd nine. lie rose to his foot lelived. '
cautious—tile nlBSlil' ring general
again.
And that hair-breadth of time
that murks the difference between
nine and tell. with Bonny down on
the (natives whi‘c 12.0M persims
yelled for his foe to finish it. was
as near as Leonard over come to
losing his lightweight crown.
He recovered quickly. held Mitch-
ell through the remainder of the
round. and grew steadily better. fin-
ally winning the fight on n techni‘
out knockout in the sixth rOund. af-
ter flooring the Milwaukee hauler
three more times. “ '
Turns Composer
. .A. W. E. Austin. once chauffeur to
[Resident Roosevelt, has turned
composer. Be bu had published a
numb entitled “The Music Master,"
dedicated to Victor Herbert.
be seen byline picture.
‘ in baseball.
i
rsmclulloll will be hard hit at
and 1c ‘fedule Ahead
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,1926
GREEN AND WHITE OUTFIT
MUST FACE STRONG FlVES
Play Armory Five Tomorrow Evening ill l’re-
iiminary Game—Warren Harding Quintet
0n Saturday—Await Repairs to (‘cntor
School Court—List
'l‘ho Norwnlli High school bucket-
hali toum has some .llord games
ulicud of them. Their schedule from
now until the close of the season is
for from an easy one .
Tomorrow night they will slack
up against the Armory Five in the
Di'i‘lilllinflry contest at the local
urlllory. ibis game Will be fast and
tho lui will fly as it never did he.
tore. .Norwalk tilgll has 13 games
listed to date. it is possible that one
or two more contests may be add~
ed to the schedule. (it this num-
bi'l'. seven will be played in Nor-
llliik. lluo to the additional basket
Film in place at the Center Junior
High, the games may he forced to
run along for severalweeks in the
.‘ll‘ilit'l'y. The Center gymnasium has
one. basket erected. and the school
authorities are patiently waiting for
iiii.’ other llmrlrhosrd in be: put in
pinto. Until this time the gymnasium
.czilluol be used for games.
The treasury of the athletic as-
the
High school by the end of the sou
eon ll sexel'ni of these games cannot
be played at Center Junior High.
The r'lEEUCiiliiOil is unable to charge
admission at the smlory end for
this reason the games are not self-
supporting. The High school is ex~
BILLY
EVAN S
UNIQUE RECORD.
Ernie Johnson. utllliy infielder of
the New York Americans. is to go
back to the minors no player mon-
ilgur of a Pacific coast league club.
Strangely enough he came troll
just such a berth when he joined
lilo Chicago White Sex. At that
limo iii: illullsgm and played short
for Salt. Lake City.
l.'nriizlubtodiy a. bed pair of hands
kept Johnson from being it big
league star. in baseball.
hold a rather peculiar significance
1‘01 lusmncc. small hands are bad
hands in baseball. .
When (a, player is spoken of}.
having a great pair of hands. it can
bad hands"
be taken for granted they are large
llig hands are n distinct advanlcge
They tend to make the
_ ‘pluyer n much surer fielder. .
l
’cuusn
l fault
. balls.
1‘
SCHOOL lEAGUE
ii0i.D iTS
MEETING
The inter-school basketball league
will meet this afternoon at the Can-
5 ' terrJunio'r High school to hear a re-
port of the committee appointed at
Hondsy's session. This committee
consistsof the principals of the
three Junior Highs and Superin~
“fluent of schools John Lu‘nd. The
important questions of' whether there
will be one or two leagues a sched-
lilo. players eligible and the officials
Will be discussed following the re-
port of the committee.
.-:wech- For
2.5;Bliiy_.;.l.suder’s
Few mayor league boil players1
have smaller hands tilun Ernie?
HJohnson Small hands as a rule
a player to hole the costly
of Juggling hard iii’. around
That “as Juilnson.
‘ D V
Johnson is u smart ball player.
He is fast. a good bsscrunnm- and
fl mighty dangcwps man a; the
plate. lic's tough in the pinch.
C C C
Pinch Hitter Role.
While Johnson lit various times
filled in as a substitute for short in-
tervals. his greatest asset was the
ability to hit in a pinch. For the
past two years he earned most of
his salary in that capacity.
Season bi-fore inst. Johnson. in a
run of 15 times at but as pinch hit-
ter. managed to get the ball safely
a dozenfiimes. That's close to a
record.
Lost your. while not so successful.
his pinch batting average was still
considerably better than ills mark
as a regular playel. On tour diffol-
rnt occasio'ns in games in nhich l
umpired. I saw him come through.
of Contests
pcciud it) til i\\’ iiill' l'i t i 6
owning minis iii'il‘ l.'lr i 2,. .
Ccllirl gylllllulluiia.
Alilun); lhl i"liil i..li ft . r.
villi ilico d'llllll.‘ ll.” 1: . , .15; .y
lilo season are (iii't. ; l. .1,
Congrres H. S. Alisomw ii . i
“t'iii ll. 5.. (illNiHii‘i il l. 1
\Vurrcll i‘iiilliilllr: iiill ~. l'.i|.]‘
losr-s l:.;plzllll immiil i;izi.:..' i. .. .1
Wutd Whipple to m. .iuulw -\t
l'l‘lOiJlii, Illli. i'tlll‘ll i"~ilvl l.i - .5
good Ult‘ll iii Slum, iron 1‘.
and Golden in who till ir lw .5
The schedule lur rim l"lil.1...‘of
of Till. season is on llrll' \~:
Jun. l;-—---.\l'illruly i"l 1 ill .‘~ ' .
iii-"\\:il'll'li iilvllilli; ii .~
llrzilgi Dil'i.
""i‘iililiii‘uii ii. 5 it ii"
htl‘t'.
1'2» l‘dlilii id ll r in in: :.
, Gi'((i.'ll‘il.il ii 5“ hit“
S'l-«ihlnliuly ii 5 .n! ill:
Fell. '.~~\ll.\Ui in ii 5 ill'l'l
ill-~~ll:lillillull ii. .\' (-l
tieid iiii"".
16—~»l“ull't’i.-iii ll. 5 1:: _._
lit—vlloilfg'rcs: ii, i-‘ iii 1'71”
porn
34~~Smii2£~i ii 5 kw
Ell-«Allsonln ii S. kil Air» r
Mur. :nJ—NVzirren liili‘iiizlg ll.
ho W.
596'
.
twice for doubles ziirl as
for home runs.
i once ziskml Johnson l.” la: in
any pet theories on pinch hitting
“Tim only one is Lu Lit lilt‘ r:.,~-
lilait.y
Till: '
pic. Work the llilt‘ill‘:l‘. gut hill. in
the hole, until knowing he is going 1..
try to COUl-i ovisr With the next 012-.
take 0 healthy sum); it it in 31‘.“
when.- near the pinto."
. . ..
In Jiliilanll'S opinion toil illiiil)
pinch iliilt'lN l‘ni. ill till ”11‘ wry (
thing they are .xlll til ”it“ plum»
for—hit. lit-t. 1:25.: lilt‘ [llii‘ili‘l‘ ill ill:
hole, instruct of “billing alloy at
the cripple they mm, to think
ribon: a hose rill hulls.
U ll V
Dli'l‘il'llll lurk.
Tilt-re really is l." l'wi'r difficult.
role in baseball than ft..- of ll‘.~
pinch hitter.
in those days of syurln'iei: i' is
the desire of ul'ory manager that he
have n competonl right and
handed butter to use in (hi; pinch.
Yankmi suddenly from- tllc bench.
V with no opportunity to look over a
low pitches, facing some star pitcls-
or going ill top speed. in a tense sit-
uation. tho Dilit‘il hitting Job is fil‘
from an elll'lnbie one.
Using a lunch hitter is in pure
gamble. iiO\‘-'t‘\tl‘. the success ('i"
failure of the, pinnii hitter can make
the mulling» iouit like it wise guy '
or :1 dub.
0ftttmos slugyvl'e ni'r not good
pinch illilf’l‘b'. It is doubtful if
Bilbo Ruth Mould lull-r shine in such
a. role. The Siliggvi‘ likes to swtng
and is g:':ll«'.-l‘:ili_\' a. sucker for o
wise pitcher Installs; of his auxlo'}
to hit.
.‘ 7‘ i
Butters \lllll :l guod eye. the fur-
uity ui’ uniting the pitcher out and
then taking alllnntugc of i; by whal-
ing alloy at tlloi cripple. a In Ernie
Johnson, make the beet pinch hit-
tors
TEXAS NOW le
GENIUSlN
~ Golfer. Too
Texas. producer of great‘bdll play-
ers of the Tris Speaker-Rogers
Hornsby type. the state that gave to
the football world the sensational Bo
Mc‘uillin now comes to the‘ front
with a golfing genius. Harry Coop.
er of Dallas.
Cooper, who for severalvyem hes
been knocking at the door of the
truly greets in golf. has finally ar-
rived. The other day he surprised
the golfing world by winning the
$10,000 Les Angeies open with the
remarkable score of 279.
He played the first 18 holes in
to two undel- pill- for the course of
the Lo: Angelo: Country Stub then
turned in s brilliant '68. followed by
67. He topped a. classy field.
Cooper first stirscted attention by
twice winning the Tesla open.
he wouldishortl! hove to be rech.
cued with by- the outstanding. stars
of the game. .
Now. Just :1 .yeer of.sge. heats
the golfers. Built dengue lines of
Gene Ssruen. short end- 'v'htstoclcy.
ill-n s somber disusr some
the former open Mala. 301!
some at them M
brook redords. 5 '
more..." "or.
ts . .
arm.» , w
more
Vim
s H and cllmued by' a phenomenal L ;.
H]. S.
sound guns made it opp-rent thet .
GOLFING
HARRY COOPER
Wins $10, 000 Los Angeles Open With Wonder-
ful Score of 279—Not Yet 21 Years Old-—
Resembles. Gene Sarazen -— His Dad. a
'i
i
lust shout the most aeolprfui- of‘sll 7"
tree. fierce bitter end plus s bold
iritv'
Norwalk Chronicler